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Chapter 267 Starlight Field
Into the night, deserted bone beach.

A cavalry team of more than a hundred people, holding dozens of carts, waited in a puddle deep in the Gobi Desert.

Hu Yanjing, holding a saber in his hand, was riding on a tall horse, looking far to the southwest.

And next to Hu Yanjing, there was a monk in a monk's robe, with a string of Buddhist beads hanging around his neck, with a fat head, big ears, thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, giving people the impression that he was a bit more gangster than Hu Yanjing.

The monk named Xuanye was originally a disciple of Thousand Buddha Temple in Shahai, but after not studying many years, he returned to the vulgarity and entered Vanity Fair, changed his name to Zhang Xuanye, served as a clerk in Prince Liang's mansion, and is currently one of the two leaders of the Black Flag Gang.

Hu Yanjing's background is also not simple, his ancestors were Liangzhou generals, similar to Shi Yanfeng, Jian Yuhua and others. After the Great Yan Kingdom was destroyed, he lived in the rivers and lakes, relying on his ancestral saber to create a world, Jiang Zhahu even recruited, However, Hu Yanjing's ancestor was a general, and his aspirations were not in the world. He wanted to restore the glory of his ancestors by entrusting him with the title of Marquis and worshiping Prime Minister. For this reason, he took refuge in King Liang and became the leader of the Black Flag Gang.

The two rode tall horses, and after waiting for a long time on the Gobi Desert, a carriage came from the depths of the Gobi Desert.

goo goo goo...

The carriage is different from the common carriages in Liangzhou. The materials used are very luxurious. The carriages in front are pulled by two pure white horses. There are more than ten warriors with carbine around them. They are all uniformly dressed. He knew that he was born in the army, and compared with the rough-looking caravan man behind Hu Yanjing, he seemed to be from two worlds.

Seeing this, Hu Yanjing and Zhang Xuanye drove their horses to the front of the frame, and bowed their hands:
"Son."

The carriage stopped on the Gobi Desert, and the door of the carriage was opened by a maid. It could be seen that the interior was brightly lit. In the middle sat a young man in a brocade robe. The fringe sword used.

After the carriage came to a stop, the young gentleman jumped out of the carriage lightly on tiptoe, seeing the messy caravan gang members, he was dissatisfied and said:
"Yanjing, go find some clean clothes and ask them to change their outfits. If you go to discuss business outside the customs, if you pretend to be rougher than the barbarians in Beiliang, wouldn't it be a disgrace to my Great Wei..."

Hu Yanjing got off his horse and bowed his hands flatteringly:
"Young master is right. But there is a lot of dust on the Gobi Desert, and these pawns don't like to clean up. The new clothes are also dirty. I will make preparations when I get to the pass..."

Hu Yanjing's status in Liangzhou is only a head shorter than that of the Hongshan Gang, and other Jiang Hu people basically have to respectfully call Hu Gangzhu when they see him. The reason why they respect this young man with mediocre martial arts is because this young man has an unusual status.

The young son's name is Dongfang Shangqing, he is the youngest son of King Liang. Although he is not the eldest son and his status is much lower than his brother 'Liang Badou', he is still a big man who cannot be offended by people in the Jianghu.

Dongfang Shangqing is the youngest in the ranking. If the elder brother dies, he will not be able to take the throne. For this reason, he has not been trained in military and political affairs since he was a child, and his talents are devoted to managing the family business. Since last year, he has taken over a lot of private properties of Prince Liang's mansion. .

Now that the imperial court and Beiliang have ceased fighting and established an alliance, the two dynasties have begun to gradually open up business. It is impossible for the king of Liang to just escort such a lucrative business and let the merchants of the two dynasties earn all the money.

This time, Dongfang Shangqing personally led the team to participate in the 'Wanbu Gathering' in the ancient city of Langxuan in the various tribes of the West Sea, and negotiate business with the mountain kings there.

Dongfang Shangqing led the people to several fully loaded carriages, checked the various groceries, and asked:

"Yanjing, you know what happened in the capital a few days ago, right?"

Hu Yanjing followed behind, nodded and said:
"My lord said that Prince Yan's son conspired against him? I know something..."

"Knowing that your hands and feet are cleaner. Father is busy with military affairs all year round, and has no energy to take care of trivial matters. I'm not so easy to fool."

Dongfang Shangqing turned around with a serious expression on his face:
"For the caravan carrying the king's flag, the frontier army will not set up checkpoints to strictly check. It is very simple to bring something in and out of the customs. A few days ago, there was a disturbance in the capital. Thousands of catties of black feather grass entered from outside the customs, and a whole ship was loaded. , The frontier army didn’t hear any rumors, so tell me, how did Prince Yan get these things in?”

Hu Yanjing was taken aback for a moment, then said innocently:
"My lord, you have wronged me. The prince of Yan must have entered the pass from Yanzhou if he got something. I have worked for the prince for so many years, and the money I gave him will never be spent in my life. How could I risk killing him?" The first risk is to do smuggling business. Moreover, the Hongshan Gang has several business routes, which can cross the desert from Shazhou to Beiliang. Isn’t it more secure to find them than me..."

Zhang Xuanye, who was next to him, also said when he saw this: "Young master, I am afraid that I am too worried. I have been in charge of the accounts of the Black Flag Gang, and I will check the incoming and outgoing goods. If there is a problem with the Hu gang leader, I have already sent the news to the prince."

Dongfang Shangqing was just skeptical, and didn't say much without evidence:

"Regardless of whether there is any problem, you'd better accept it as soon as you see it. The matter of Wu Yucao can be traced back to the source. If it is found out that the Black Flag Gang is the leader, the father will become an accomplice, and maybe he will be instigated by An Shang Prince Yan's son is famous for his assassination, and I know what will happen to the two of you when the time comes."

After speaking, Dongfang Shangqing turned back to the carriage and drove north.

Hu Yanjing turned on his horse with a saber in his hand, and watched Dongfang Shangqing enter the carriage. His face was not very good-looking. After looking at each other with Zhang Xuanye, he lightly clamped his horse's belly and followed.

"drive……"

goo goo goo...
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The endless wilderness is dotted with stars, the carriage and horses are parked on the withered yellow grass, and a bonfire is lit next to it.

Shang Jianli, She Long and the others sat on the floor dressed as ordinary bodyguards, holding a wooden stick with a hare on it, tossing it back and forth over the fire.

And the old bodyguard Yang Chao, holding a small wine bag, said with a slightly drunken face:

"Liangzhou is poor, but apart from the ubiquitous horse bandits, the others are actually quite good. Look at the moon in the sky, here, and here, it's no more comfortable than being crowded in the small alleys of the capital..."

"Indeed, there are no rivers or lakes here, but it is much purer than the rivers and lakes in the Central Plains. All I can use is a knife in my hand. My identity and background are useless in the Gobi Desert. I have only been walking for a few days, and I almost forget that I am Hurry up..."

……

Beside the carriage not far away, Ye Jingtang took a roasted hare and walked towards the lighted carriage. When he looked up, he saw the bird who had been reincarnated from starvation. Uncharacteristically, he didn't come over, but stood behind the convoy. On the back of a camel, watching Fan Qinghe dressed as an exotic beauty feed the camel, still muttering:
"jijiji..."

Fan Qinghe obviously didn't understand, Niao Niao was saying "what else to feed, why don't we roast the camel", thinking that Niao Niao was begging for food, and the bull's head was wrong with the horse's mouth in response:

"You also want to eat grass? Well, I'll give you one..."

"grumble?"

……

Ye Jingtang was a little amused, and turned around to look at the Queen Mother's carriage along the way.

Inside the carriage, the empress dowager half leaned on Hongyu, holding a telescope in her hand; Hongyu knelt behind her back as a soft pillow, rubbing her shoulders for the empress dowager.

The empress dowager closed one eye and was looking at the stars in the sky through the car window with a telescope. When she was concentrating on it, a huge eye suddenly appeared in her field of vision. She was so frightened that her shoulders trembled, and she quickly moved away from the telescope, only to realize that Ye Jingtang stood at the window holding a big roasted rabbit.

The empress dowager was not allowed to eat sweets and spicy food when she woke up, she was almost suffocated, she sat up quickly when she saw this, her air was that of the empress dowager who is the mother of the world, but her hands were quite nimble, and she directly stretched out the window:

"Jingtang, it's fine to let Hongyu go and get it after hard work, why bother to go there personally~"

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The roasted rabbit in Ye Jingtang's hands was baked for Benben with great effort, and the Queen Mother took it away if he didn't pay attention, and said hastily:

"Hey, empress dowager, you just woke up, eating this hurts your stomach..."

The Empress Dowager felt that she could no longer hold Feng Yi, so she took the roasted rabbit and sat across from her, waved her hand and said:
"It's okay, I know how to measure, so I just eat one bite, and give the rest to Hongyu. You go to work first, I don't need to take care of it..."

Ye Jingtang felt that the empress dowager's eyes were turning green. If he dared to snatch her, he might have to scratch her, so he took a step back and said:

"Hongyu, take good care of her, don't overeat if you've been hungry for a long time."

Hongyu was very obedient, she got up and sat in front of the empress dowager, and started grabbing the roasted rabbit.

After all, the identity of the queen mother is here, and she can't show the appearance of a starving ghost reincarnated, so she secretly handed the roasted rabbit to Hongyu for her to distribute. After thinking about it, she asked:

"Jing Tang, how far is Maple Leaf Lake from here?"

"Maple Leaf Lake..."

Ye Jingtang looked at the wilderness in a blink of an eye, and thought about it for a while:
"It's about 200 miles away from here. The Empress Dowager wants to visit?"

The empress dowager has seen Maple Leaf Lake from the secret history of the Empress Dowager, it is probably the first time that the son and the empress dowager came to Liangzhou after eloping, the two of them were in the sea of ​​red maple, the sky was the quilt, the ground was the bed, etc. The scenery is very beautiful, and it must be in Liangzhou Want to go, she hesitated:
"I heard that the scenery over there is good. Is it on the way? If it's not on the way, it's fine. I just mentioned it casually."

Ye Jingtang's trip is to send the empress dowager to get medical treatment. After the empress dowager wakes up, although the poison is still there, her complexion is obviously much better. As long as she learns the bathing fire picture, she will be fine. Now she must be recuperating after illness to make her happy Mainly.He smiled and said:
"The general direction is the same, even if the route is to the west, it can be regarded as a smooth route. When we get to the place where we will settle, the empress dowager will take a good look."

The empress dowager's eyes lighted up slightly, she bit her lower lip and smiled, then nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang didn't say any more. After taking his leave, he went back to the campfire, roasted a hare again, and then came to the carriage of Big Benben.
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After discovering clues to smuggling scale steel during the day, Dongfang Liren, who had just been relaxed, was disturbed by troubles. At this time, after the convoy stopped, he stayed in the carriage to discuss countermeasures with Meng Jiao:
"I am afraid that this matter is very involved. It is impossible for the Duke of Zhen to collude with the enemy country. If the king of Liang wants to collude with the enemy, he will not only smuggle scale steel. Only then can he sell it for a few dollars... This king suspects that it is from the Yazhou army. A traitor, cheating and conspiring with the Black Flag Gang, dumping weapons to Beiliang..."

"The two prefectures and Beiliang are involved. The scope is too large. The few of us can't get away to investigate at the moment. We can only summon Chen Miao and Tu Jiuji to go to Yazhou to investigate the matter..."

……

Ye Jingtang held the roasted rabbit and came to the door of the carriage, seeing the two discussing business matters, he didn't go in to disturb them.

Dongfang Liren, who was frowning tightly, raised his eyes when he smelled the fragrance, and found Ye Jingtang shaking the roasted rabbit outside, stopped talking and tilted his head and said:
"Meng Jiao, go and rest first."

"Yes."

Meng Jiao stood up and left the carriage.

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang jumped onto the carriage, came into the carriage, and handed the shiny roasted rabbit to Dongfang Liren:

"It's just baked, Your Highness, taste how it tastes."

Dongfang Liren sat upright on the couch, picked up the kettle and poured Ye Jingtang a glass of water:

"Let's put it aside for now, the king has no appetite now."

"I baked it myself, it won't taste good when it's cold."

Ye Jingtang knew that Dongfang Liren hadn't eaten all afternoon, so after sitting down in front of him, he bit off a small piece of crispy rabbit meat, and brought it to Dongfang Liren:
"uh-huh?"

???

Dongfang Liren paused for pouring water, looked left and right from the corner of the corner of the eye, then sat up straight with slightly cold eyes, and wanted to say something fierce like before.

But both of them have kissed many times, and Ye Jingtang has been recuperating for so many days, and even touching her makes her happy for a long time, it seems a bit too cruel to strictly refuse.

Dongfang Liren thought about it for a while, and still pulled up the car curtain, and then looked disgusted, his red lips parted slightly, wanting to take the rabbit meat.

What I didn't expect was that just as she approached, the incomprehensible color embryo in front of her shrank back and swallowed the rabbit meat:
"Hey...hey! I was wrong...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

What is Dongfang Liren's temper?How could he bear being molested like this? Immediately pressed up, pressed Ye Jingtang on the backrest, stretched out his hand to draw the knife, saw Ye Jingtang was in pain, his strength quickly disappeared, and stared coldly instead:

"You are presumptuous! Who do you really think this king is, who can offend you at will?"

Ye Jingtang leaned on the couch and said with a smile: "I see you are not happy, just kidding, come and eat something, just don't leave the empress dowager, you have ruined your body again."

"Humph……"

Dongfang Liren stared for a moment, then turned his head and gnawed on the roasted rabbit, chewed slowly and said:
"I see that you have been holding back for a long time, and you are so dizzy. If you knew it earlier, you would have taken Miss Ning'er with you. With her around, you wouldn't be so idle at night."

Ye Jingtang shook his head and smiled, and sat up again:
"Just kidding. I didn't take advantage of His Highness. How can I say that I'm blinded by sex. It's really boring to go out and walk around. I used to read books to pass the time. How about the gift His Highness gave me?"

Dongfang Liren left the capital and stayed in the carriage all the time. When he had nothing to do, he naturally prepared gifts in Yejing Hall.

At this time when Ye Jingtang asked, Dongfang Liren's eyes moved, and he took out a stack of papers from the small drawer next to him, and put them on the small table:
"It's almost finished. There's only one copy in the world. Don't let me paint it for you a second time."

Ye Jingtang's eyes were fixed and he quickly returned to his usual stern expression, his girlfriend stopped feeding him, and handed the roasted rabbit to Benben for her to eat, then took a towel and wiped his hands carefully.

? ?
Holding the roasted rabbit, Dongfang Liren took a deep breath, causing the fat-headed dragon to breathe out, and gritted his teeth:
"Would you like me to light another piece of sandalwood for you?"

"That's not necessary, I'm not that particular."

Ye Jingtang tidied up his robe and picked up the paper, like a stern general handling military affairs in the middle of the night, carefully picked up the paper and looked at it.

"..."

Dongfang Liren slightly rolled his eyes, and after eating the roasted rabbit for a while, seeing Ye Jingtang's intoxicated eyes, he couldn't bear it any longer, finally put the things down, narrowed his eyes, and slowly revealed a murderous look.

Ye Jingtang watched the painters who were on the scene, and found that there was a chill around him halfway, so he turned his head and looked, and then apologized:

"I'm sorry, Your Highness is a good painter, I'm a little absorbed in watching it. I don't want to disturb His Highness's rest when I go out to see it."

As he spoke, he prepared to get up with his things.

?

Dongfang Liren was naturally annoyed when he saw this, he raised his hand and took the album, and hid it behind his back:
"What do you mean? You think the picture book is more important than me, and you can leave me aside just to read the picture book?"

Ye Jingtang hurriedly shook his head: "Why, I'm sure I like the picture book carefully prepared by Your Highness, but His Highness doesn't accompany me to read it. If I get the picture book, I don't read it and just throw it aside, just chatting with Your Highness, Your Highness Don't you feel that kindness is like a donkey's liver and lungs?"

Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes, felt that this statement was quite reasonable, and immediately said:

"Why can't I look at the things I painted with you? With your little calligraphy and painting skills, can you understand the way of the paintings?"

Ye Jingtang was quite interested in this matter, so he sat in front of him and waited and saw:

"I just think it's good. I really don't understand some places. Would you like to explain the way to me, Your Highness?"

Dongfang Liren snorted lightly, took out the erotic album again, and asked coldly:

"You don't understand that one? You are not allowed to point to those paintings that are not on the table, and you are only allowed to ask questions about the painters."

Ye Jingtang smiled, raised his right hand around the clumsy waist, put her in his arms, flipped through the paper with his hands, found the page where the chivalrous woman was injured, and indicated her figure:

"The pictures of beauties in other albums are relatively floating. You can feel the artistic conception, but you can't feel the impact of the body. Look at this picture, and you can clearly feel the tension and sensuality..."

Dongfang Liren's face was actually a little red, but his eyes were full of arrogance:

"This is the king's own research. Using light and dark shadows and lines to draw a three-dimensional effect on the paper, the master can't do it..."

"That's right, it's really amazing... There must be a reference for such a painting, right? How did Your Highness draw it?"

"..."

Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes, hesitated for a while, and explained Ye Jingtang's doubts. He raised his hand to take a mirror from the side, put it on the small case in front of him, and then raised his hand to hold the fat-headed dragon, his fingers sinking into the sensual mirror. In the group:
"that's it."

"Oh……"

Ye Jingtang suddenly realized, looked carefully at the drawing paper, and then turned the paper to the page where Shuangjiao Xiantao:
"Is this a mirror too?"

"you!"

Dongfang Liren's face turned red, and he felt that this sex was unreasonable, and wanted to turn around and clean up Ye Jingtang.

And Ye Jingtang quickly grabbed Dongfang Liren, and said with a pleasant face:

"Just curious, just kidding, how could His Highness look in the mirror in this pose in private. I'm not talking nonsense when I look at the painting seriously, so Your Highness should keep your voice down, to be careful not to be heard by outsiders."

Dongfang Liren was hugged very tightly, he struggled a few times and didn't break free, it was fine, he gritted his teeth secretly, and continued to explain the knowledge of calligraphy and painting that Ye Jingtang didn't listen to carefully.

Ye Jingtang hugged and watched at first, but later felt a little tired in the posture, so he leaned on the armrest of the small couch instead.

And Dongfang Liren was also pulled into his arms. Although his eyes changed a little, he didn't say anything in the end...

(End of this chapter)